The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-07-13
THE FOREIGN BUDGET.

DURING drill of sappers at Jasz- Bereny,
capital of Jazygia, Hungary, a dynamite
cartridge exploded prematurely killing TWEEN
ty-seven men and injuring forty-eight more
OF the killed four were officers.
A LONDON dispatch of the 9th inst says:
"In the House of Lords yesterday afternoon
Lord Salisbury announced that the Anglo
Turkish convention in reference to Egypt had
not been ratified by Turkey, and that Sir
Henry Drummond Wolff, the special British
Commissioner, has been instructed to leave
Constantinople.
HALF the now quays at Zug, capital of the
Swiss canton of that name, fell into the lake
on Wednesday. Forty houses, a crowded inn,
and the Hotel Zurich, four-story structure,
full of visitors, vanished entirely. The occu-
pants Of the buildings were ingulfed while
they slept, and at least 100 persisted, including
NJ. Collin, President of the canton Men at
once set TO work try ing to recover the lodies
Of the victims.
A CABLE dispatch says the Wonchow River
in China overhowed its banks, submerging
miles of territory. Thousands of persons
are believed 10 have been drowned The suf-
ferings of the survivors are described as ter
rible. Chuchow City is submerged, and the
inhabitants have taken u boats.
A CABLE Dispatch from Berne, Switzerland,
gives the following particulars of the di.as-
trous land-slides at Zug:
The disaster recalls in many respects the
phenomena OF the South American earth.
quakes. For several days crevices had been
observed in the new quay at Zug and the lake
began 10 send UP bubbles The quay cracked
dozen persons who rushed from adj
joining cafe were preciptatel into the
water and drowned After a short interval
another slip dragged several houses into the
winter. The landing stage followed. and a
steamer which had just arrived was hurled n
hundred yards forward. Two boats going q
resue the persons in the water were engulfed
only one bontman rising again TO the surface
At the same moment q bOatmans hut, In
which were three children, fell into the water
Furniture and cattle were hurriedly re-
moved from the Threatened quarter. At
o'clock the land slips began again, aud several
carts removing rOperty sank into the lake
Fifteen houses and ten huts dsal peared within
a few minutes, including the Hotel Zurich. A
| cafe, in which were ten customers, neNt
engufcd, and l5J metres Of the neighborins
street then slowly vanished, people jumping
from windows Of houses to escape bt inl
drowned Seventy persons are missing and 6Ot
are homeless. The damage is estimated nj
$4,000 People are pouring into Zug from al
points to view the scene. A similar disaster
occurred Mt Tug in 1888, when 1GJ lives were lost
A lRNovA dispatch say: @Prince Ferdi-
nand of SAKE Coburg- Gotha has been elected
Prince OF Bulgaria by the sobranje. The an.
nouncement was received with great enthu-
siasm.-
PRINCE FERDINAND of Saxe-Coburg- Goths
accepts the throne of Bulgaria upon condition
that the Porte and Powers give their assent
Which, being interpreted from the vernsculai
Of diplomacy, means that he will take the
place If he can get it His prospects, how.
ever, are,not nattering. An official organ a.
st. Petersburg says his election exhausts Rus.
sia's patience. The Car will certainly not
consent TO the accession OF another German